Combined flower-holder and fly-trap



(No Model.)

J-. ROSEN FELDQ COMBINED FLOWER HOLDER AND FLY TRAP.

Patented July 14, 1891.-

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- JOSEPH ROSENFELD, ,OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

COMBINED FLOWER-HOLDER AND FLY-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,888, dated July 14, 1891.

Application filed September 15, 1890, Serial No, 365,118. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH RosENFELD,of Toledo, in the countyof Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Flower-Holder and Fly-Trap; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being "had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

Thisinvention relates to a combined flowerholder and fly-trap.

As a rule, a fly-trap is an unsightly object and not fit to form an article of table-ware,

eating, inasmuch as the sight of a number of dead and dying flies is not conducive to giving one an appetite. The principal objection to having the trap exposed is this: that the captive flies are plainly to be seen, and to persons having a weak stomach the sight is disgusting in the extreme.

It is the object of this invention to overcome these objections by producing a fly-trap the appearance of which will fail to ofiend the sight of the most fastidious, even when placed upon a table with other articles of table-ware and to these ends the invention consists, broadly, in a combined flower or bouquet holder and fly-trap.

The invention further consists in the various novel details of construction, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanyingdrawin gs, formin g part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, I have illustrated one form of device embodying the essential features of my invention, although the same may be carried into eifect in other ways without in the least departing from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side eleva-. tion of the device; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, showing its peculiar construction.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the device, consisting of the flower-holder 2 and fly-trap 3, the two parts forming a vase-like structure, which may be ornamented in any manner to produce a neat and finishedeffect. The fiy-trap 3 is constructed of a bowl-like receptacle, having its bottom formed into an upwardly-extending truncated cone-shaped annulus 4L, forming, in conjunction withthe receptacle, an annular trough or reservoir 5, in which is placed a suitable substance for attracting the flies, legs 6 being employed to elevate the device a sufficient distance from the table to admit of the passage of a flys body beneath the same, and also to permit of placing thereunder any saccharine or other substance to attract the insects. The flowerholder 2, which forms the cover for the flytrap, is formed with a base 7, having a depending flange 8, adapted to fit around the mouth of the trap 3, which flange, being slightly'larger in diameter than the remainder of the holder, forms an ornamental head. The upper part is contracted to form a neck 9, from which point it flares outward and formsa mouth 10, which is ornamented in any desired manner.

The entire device may be made either of a transparent or a translucent glass, 'or of any other suitable material.

In operation the flower-holder is removed and the reservoir filled with a suitable liquid, after which the said holder is replaced, and, if desired, is filled with water, when a bouquet may be placed therein. The device is then placed upon a table, a lump of sugar or other substance to attract the flies being placed beneath the bottom, and will form an ornament instead of an object of disgust. When a fly has once reached the interior of the trap, it

will not be liable to get out, and in case the liquid is poisoned it will fall therein and not on the table. 7 v

The removal of the top or bouquet-holder renders it convenient to empty and cleanse the lower portion.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, .and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a bowl having an inwardly-projecting centrally-perforated bottom and integral legs, of a water-receptacle having a base, a contracted neck, and a flan In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ing mouth, the sides of the Water-receptacle my awn I hereby affix my signature in presaligning with the sides of the bowl, and an ence of two Witnesses.

annular flange integral with the base of the JOSEPH ROSENFELD. 5 Water-receptacle and adapted to embrace the Vitnesses:

top edges of the bowl, while the base of the WILLIAM WEBSTER,

receptacle rests upon the bowl. 1 CARROLL .T. WEBSTER. 

